Lake Havasu City, AZ
25^th Annual Run to the Sun - 2002

Statistics

We thought you might enjoy looking at some of the information we collected about our 25th Annual Run.

There were a total of 1007 entries.

570 Participants checked in on Wednesday and we served 726 dinners at the Kick-off Party on Wednesday evening.

150 different car clubs were represented this year. Over The Hill Gang from Lake Havasu City, AZ won the Club Participation Award with 74 cars entered.

Entrants this year were from 20 states, 2 Canadian provinces and Germany. In addition to cars from every corner of Arizona and California, there were also entries from Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The Great White North was represented by cars from British Columbia and Ontario. Our long distance winners (there were two again this year) drove their cars 2475 miles from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Anyone from Nova Scotia or PEI want to take the title from them next year?

Talk about variety! There were 31 different makes of 1959 and older cars and trucks entered. As in the past, Ford was the most popular make as 550 cars with the blue oval were spread around the golf course. The Fords represented cars that were manufactured between 1913 and 1959. Chevrolet was a distant second with 304 cars. The most popular cars were 1932 Fords, with 97 entered and almost every body style on display. Second most popular cars were 1955 Chevrolets and there were 57 of them at the show this year. The complete list is:

Austin (1)
Buick (11)
Cadillac (10)
Chevrolet (304)
Chrysler (3)
Crosley (1)
Datiah (1)
DeSoto (3)
Dodge (9)
Ford (550)
GMC (3)

Henry J (3)
Hudson (3)
Jaguar (1)
Jeep (1)
LaSalle (1)
Lincoln (4)
Mercury (19)
Nash (1)
Oldsmobile (12)
Packard (5)
Plymouth (17)

Pontiac (10)
Porsche (1)
Rambler (1)
Rockne (1)
Studebaker (10)
Terraplane (1)
Tucker (1)
Volkswagen (1)
Willys (16)

Trivia Contest

This year the trivia contest was open to all participants and there was a cash award for the person with the most correct answers. The questions and answers were:

1.	You gotta accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative and don't mess with Mister In-between
2.	What car sold only 1,200 cars in it's first five years, then became one of the all time best sellers? VW Beetle
3.	Name Liz Taylor's eight husbands (married one twice). Conrad (Nicky) Hilton Mike Wilding Mike Todd Eddie Fisher Richard Burton Richard Burton Senator John Warner Larry Fortensky
4.	"Hey Marshall Dillon, what's the name of Miss Kitty's Saloon?" The Longbranch
5.	"Who know what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" The Shadow
6.	In 1939 air conditioning was first introduced in what automobile? Packard
7.	In 1934, what notorious gangster sent a letter to Henry Ford, which in part read "While I still got breath in my lungs, I will tell you what a dandy car you make. I have drove Fords exclusively when I could get away with one"? Clyde Barrow
8.	What is the Harlem Globetrotters theme song? Sweet Georgia Brown
9.	What was the name of Buster Brown's dog? Tige (short for Tiger) Where did he live? In a shoe
10.	What was the single most important automobile design to come out of World War II? Jeep
11.	What was the name of the plantation in Gone With The Wind? Tara
12.	"Good night Mrs. Calabash, where ever you are". Who said this after every performance? Jimmy Durante
13.	Who created the diesel engine? Rudolph Diesel
14.	In a Mills Brothers tune, they asked the cab driver to "stop by" someplace. Where? Mary's Place
15.	A famous slogan suggested that you "Ask the man who owns one". Owns what? A Packard
16.	What does GTO stand for? Grand Tourismo Omlogato When did Pontiac introduce the GTO? 1964
17.	"The lights were burnin' low, there in the parlor.... when thru the kitchen door, up popped her father.... he said I saw you when you kissed my daughter.... gotta wed right now, or face the slaughter." What was "the cause" of it all? One Mint Julep
18.	Brothers Horace & John joined forces to start what car company in 1914? Dodge
19.	In 1960, ABC debuts the first prime time cartoon series made especially for TV. What was the name of the show? The Flintstones
20.	1930's Gangster, Charles Arthur Floyd, was nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd
21.	What American car, built in the 50's, had sliding doors? Kaiser Darrin (1953)
22.	In an early 50's radio program, what little character was told to.... "plunk you magic twanger"? Froggie The Gremlin
23.	In a famous 1942 film, Ingrid Bergman's line "Play it again Sam" was followed by Bogart's line "If she can stand it, I can. Play it!" What song? As Time Goes By What film? Casablanca
24.	What did Archie Bunker call his son-in-law? Meat Head
25.	Ricky Nelson went to a "Garden Party". Name one other person that was there. Yoko - Mary Lou - Johnny B. Goode - Mr. Hughes/Dylan

Letters of Appreciation

Following are some of the letters we have received by mail and E-mail about the 2002 Run. If you attended, we welcome your comments too.

To All,

Again you put on the best show. I don't know how you do it but it seems to get bigger and better each year. All of us crazy girls at the fashion show have too much fun. We are again trying to come up with something different for next year. By the way, THE MAN, looked as if he was having a lot of fun too. The crowds at the show are even getting bigger. That is great. We will be looking forward to seeing you all again next year.

Again thanks for all the FUN, FUN, FUN.

Lynda Kane
Riverside, CA

Thank you for the note on our registration. This is our favorite run and we have been coming for 19 years. You do a "GREAT" job.

Thanks again,
Mary Norris
Taft, CA

Congrats,

A fantastic show. Can you give me a date for your next event as I would like to book rooms in advance so we can spend more than one day.

Thanks
Ron Linthicum
Las Vegas, NV

Good morning, just wanted you to know that we had a really great time at the car show again this year. Hope to be back next year also. I was wondering if I could get the trivia answers. I have the questions but would like the correct answers. (See Above)

Thank you
Joann Contreras
Lake Havasu City, AZ

Could you inform us of the dates of next year's event? That way we can plan for taking off of work. Thanks, we had a blast at this year's, it was our first!

Dave and Debbie Watkins
Pueblo West, CO

We were at the car show a few weeks ago. My husband and I have been going to shows since 1988 and this one was the best we have ever been to. People have a tendency to complain but do not take the time to say how nice something was. Whoever put this car show together did a great job; I just wanted the car club to know that we appreciate all the hard work everyone did.

Thank you,

Mr. & Mrs. Teague
Westminster, CA

We want to thank you for the wonderful car show and dinner your club hosted October 17, 18 and 19th, 2002. Your time, planning, thoughtfulness and hospitality are very much appreciated. This is the first event my husband and I have attended since moving to Lake Havasu where everything was well organized. We are looking forward to next year.

Sincerely,

Jay and Shiela Cain
Lake Havasu City, AZ

And below are some letters from vendors at the show

Congratulations on a successful show! I hope your goals were achieved - a new record of over 1000 cars is fantastic! The show was a fun activity for all who attended. I want to thank you for the opportunity to have a vendor booth at the show. The warm and helpful manner of the officials really helped me achieve success at your show. I hope you will put me down for a booth next year; I hope there will be space for my small booth.

Sherry Henson
Santee, CA

Just writing to once again express my appreciation to Stu and the other members of the Relics & Rods Car Club for allowing us to pick up a cancelled vendor space for the Run to the Sun. We received a very warm welcome from members of your club and the show was very successful for our business. We hope that in years to come you might think to include us if space should again be available. Please share my gratitude with your members if the opportunity presents itself. It was good to be back in Lake Havasu City again after so many years.

Warren Tracy
Prescott, AZ

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